Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^®for Mac^®2017.1 Update

The 2017.1 Update improves the palette systems and customization, and supports Touch Bar. It also improves overall stability of AutoCAD 2017. This update is recommended for all users. Please read the entire document before you apply the update to your product. For reference, please save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

The 2017.0.1 Hotfix is included in this update.

Contents

• Feature Enhancements
• Primary Issues Resolved in 2017.1 Update
• Installation Instructions
• Apply This Update
• Uninstall This Update

Palette behavior improvement

• The Layer and Properties palettes can be floating and moved to other position.
• The Layer palette now consists of the layer list.
• The Layer palette shows more columns of settings by default.
• The hight of Layer and Properties palette in Docking mode can be changed.

Touch Bar

• AutoCAD function keys are available in the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro.
• The Touch Bar is customizable.

CUI

• The CUI dialog now differentiate the custom commands and ACAD commands. ACAD commands cannot be removed or modified.
• CUI file schema changed.

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Drawing Files

• Characters with accents are corrupted if saved to 2004 or older DWG format.
• Double clicking a dwg file and AutoCAD just opens a blank drawing.
• DWG file permission changed after saved.
• Welcomescreen does not show most recent files.

Stability Improvement

• Crash when publish/plot some drawing.
• Crash when switch layouts for some printers.
• Crash when create or modify 3dpoly object.
• Crash when start AutoCAD in some cases.
• Crash when press CapsLock key when using some language input method on Sierra.
• Crash when edit mleader style on MacBook with Touch Bar.
• Crash when export PDF with override pagesetup.
• Crash when edit color for Layer.

Others

• Palette width is not remembered cross sessions.
• Ghost lines in Properties palette.
• Xref remains highlighted when switch drawings.
• OSNAP and Polar Tracking gets disabled unexpectedly by some operations.
• New Viewport in the context menu in layout does not work.
• PDF attach dialog does not show the page preview.
• Transparency icon on/off mode is not clear on status bar .

Primary issues fixed in 2017.0.1 Hotfix

• Crashes when edit page setup.
• Crashes when change loft settings.
• Crashes when open or create new drawings from welcomescreen.
• Toolset does not work when clicked.
• Crash when customizing Toolset and restart AutoCAD.
• Crash when refreshing commandline history.
• Random crashes on OS X Yosemite.
• Crash when open multiple drawings.

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• Apply This Update
• Uninstall This Update

The 2017.1 Update can be installed over the official release of AutoCAD 2017 for Mac and AutoCAD 2017 for Mac with 2017.0.1 Hotfix.

To install 2017.1 Update, do the following:

1. Close all Autodesk applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCAD_Mac_2017.1_Update_Combo.dmg to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCAD_Mac_2017.1_Update_Combo.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Launch AutoCAD for Mac after the installation has completed.
6. Click menu AutoCAD 2017, select About AutoCAD, the Product Version should be "N.50.M.175". And you should also see "2017.1 Update" below it.

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall this update, do the following:

1. Quit AutoCAD for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2017 and double-click Remove AutoCAD 2017 app.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Reinstall AutoCAD for Mac from the original product media or download.

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We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Their reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product and to provide you with the best solution in general design and drafting. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Product Team

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